Custom.dic Not Updated in PowerPoint (123794)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 4.0
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 4.0a
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 4.0c
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q123794 SUMMARY
In PowerPoint, when you use the spelling checker to add words to the
Custom.dic file, the changes are not written to disk until you exit
PowerPoint. Other programs such as Microsoft Mail, Publisher, and Word
change Custom.dic each time you add words to this file. If you add a word
to Custom.dic using one of these programs and add a word using PowerPoint
after that, the word may not appear in the file after you exit PowerPoint.
MORE INFORMATION
When you run the spelling checker for the first time in a session of
PowerPoint, Custom.dic is copied into memory. When you check spelling in
PowerPoint, PowerPoint reads from and writes to the copy of Custom.dic in
memory. When you exit PowerPoint, it writes all the changes made during the
session back to disk.
If you run the spelling checker in PowerPoint, change Custom.dic from
another program, and then exit PowerPoint, PowerPoint will sense the
discrepancies, and will not attempt to write to Custom.dic.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/20/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbinfo kbinterop kbproof KB123794 |
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